A clipping of a report on the final count in the south-west Dublin constituency in the 1951 general election. The final tally of Michael O’Riordan’s vote is highlighted in pen. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (1 June 1951).
A clipping of an article on the appearance around Dublin of posters seeking 5,000 recruits for the so-called ‘Black Legion’ group, an anti-communist organisation wishing ‘to safeguard the Fatherland’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (13 October 1951).
A clipping of an article by Gabriel Fallon criticising the protests which marked the appearance of Orson Welles at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. Fallon repudiates the actions of the Catholic Cinema and Theatre Patrons’ Association who organized the protests. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (4 January 1952).
A clipping of a letter from Seán Ó Faoláin defending the Irish Association of Civil Liberty against allegations that it has a communist affiliation. Ó Faoláin was President of the Association. The clipping is taken from ‘The Standard’ (13 June 1952).
A clipping of an article reporting on the arrest and imprisonment of Neil Goold Verschoyle for selling copies of ‘The Daily Worker’, an organ of the Communist Party of Britain, on O’Connell Street in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Herald’ (13 September 1952).
A clipping of an article by Ned Stapleton referring to the attendance of Seán Nolan and Muriel MacSwiney as Irish delegates at the World Peace Congress in Paris. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Workers’ Voice’ (May 1949).
A clipping of an article reporting on the impending trip of six Irish men to the Soviet Union. The group included the dramatist James Plunkett and the Dublin journalist Liam MacGabhann. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (3 January 1955).
A bound volume containing newspaper clippings, printed election ephemera, and photographs relating to the political career of Éamon de Valera. A manuscript annotation on the spine reads ‘Dev’. The volume includes clippings of largely laudatory articles taken from the ‘Irish Press’, the ‘Sunday Chronicle’, and other titles. The volume is a ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting Volume’.
An image of Éamon de Valera working with Kathleen O’Connell. The photograph is signed by both individuals. O’Connell was a long-term confidante of de Valera and served as his personal secretary for thirty-six years.
A clipping of an article referring to the possibility that Éamon de Valera may give a lecture in Denver, Colorado, in May 1939. The invitation to de Valera was given by the Catholic Library Association. The clipping is taken from the ‘Denver Catholic Register’ (9 February 1939).